The story behind this chapter is kind of funny. The last chapter released was in 2011, but we never actually dropped it until 2013. The chapter/volume itself has seen multiple cleaners, multiple scans, and multiple revisions across the years. The biggest reason for dropping it was that the redraws were harsh on everyone. At least, at the time I thought they were. (They aren’t anymore, as evident by my own personal redraw for this chapter that I did yesterday.) The redraws are dated. They were done by a redrawer for hire of sorts, where it was a doujin a redraw or so. Other than that, the chapter sat dormant for years.

Yesterday, I thought it would be funny to see how fast I can do the chapter from Raw to Release in the way I do manga now. Back in the first volume it took me around 12 hours to do ~60 pages with it all pre-cleaned. Raw to Release took me about ~8 hours, but most of it was spent idling around. It’s not the best looking release by any means, but if I conceded a little more I probably could’ve done it faster.

The script was terrible and left the way it was for the most part. Ningen’s evolved a lot since then, though that may be hard to tell. Looking at it now, I immediately remembered why this was so hard to work through. A lot of unforgiving screentones, a lot of small word balloons, and a hell of a lot of yelling for no reason. I love the series for what it means to me, but at the same time I loathe almost as much, but that’s how it goes. It was a fun exercise, but I definitely do not miss the grind of working on this series. Cosmos is dead. Long Live Cosmos.

Effective immediately, we’re dropping Magical Angel Cosmos. Why are we dropping Cosmos, our original headlining series? Because someone else picked it up (find it on Batoto). Cosmos is both some of the most fun I’ve had working on manga, but also some of the most pain. Truth be told, waiting for someone else to pick it up for the past year is part of the reason why we were so slow to do it.

So what do we do from here? Provided I can stop playing Tera for all of a few hours to scan it, it’ll be full steam ahead with Houkago Play R. If not, well, let’s just hope I can stop.

Sorry all those that have spent over a year of their life waiting. I’m a shameful display to my family as it is.

Edit: For the record, before anyone accuses me, I was almost done with the volume anyway. Sans redraws.Re:Edit: This if the first page scanned of HP:R, for scan testing purposes. Think of it what you will. [Here]

Sorry it took… two months to actually release this. In fact, there was no real reason why it took two months, because everything was essentially done, sans typesetting, for a long while now. All the staff was getting mad at me! Regardless, I would also like to present to you the first manga/chapter one of our new cleaners, Sector89, has done for us. You better watch out, he’s a maddo scientist.

I admit the chapter isn’t that exciting, but the action really ramps up from here, and some crazy stuff happens. All alongside some very very peculiar cameo cues. But worry not good sir and/or madam, I’m pretty darn sure the next chapter isn’t going to take another two months to come out. At least I hope not.

There’s been a rise of SnO/Cosmos theories over the time we’ve released chapters, and I’ll say that this chapter will feed right into those discussions just nicely. All that exposition.
I personally like reading the theories people have, and the reactions that come with all the cameos and references that Cosmos has. Though the places they occur are rather lame.

So yes, heavy (and direct) references this time. If I told you which ones, it’d ruin the fun.

Also with /a/ being down 99% of the time, I wonder how we’ll do a sc/a/nlation of Unpoplar-chan this time around. Interesting indeed.

Yes, things are slow right now, as にんげん pointed out. Sometimes you just accidentally trip a bad flag and have to deal with it. Life sure can be sour. Nonetheless, we’ll push through with our merry little band, and take on life’s challenges head first. Once all is settled it’s back into release overdrive once again, because it’s fun, you know.

Since we have a lot of new people following us, I will take the time to reiterate that this is the sequel of the greatly famed Sora no Otoshimono series by Minazuki Suu. Taking place only a few years after it ‘ends’, we find ourselves in the company of a young girl whose simple life will so radically change after accidentally unmasking the truth behind her town’s future.

If you haven’t bothered reading it until now, Chapter 1 is currently available for your reading pleasure on our reader, here.

And if you haven’t read SnO yet, for whatever reason, you can find older chapters via Mangaupdates, as well as the latest chapters by our esteemed colleagues at FoOlRulez via their own reader. Woxxy’s FoOlSlide powers our reader too, you know.

So thus ends the first volume of I Love You!! Magical Angel Cosmos.
Rather awesome, if I do say so myself. It’s only going to get better and crazier on out, according to the chapters にんげん has so graciously translated, and spoiled. Jeez.